In order to determine the relationship between those courses students wished to take and those in which they actually enrolled, students were asked to indicate their course preference during fall 1977 registration. For each day of the registration process, the desired classes were compared with the number of students enrolled in each class.…

In fall 1974, 126 students who had been enrolled in vocational-technical programs at Leeward Community College during the 1973-74 academic year, and who had petitioned for graduation, were sent follow-up surveys. This report details their reactions to academic counseling and registration assistance. The 96 responses represent a 76 percent response…

Miami-Dade Community College's Student Telephone Assisted Registration (STAR) system permits students to obtain a listing of their course schedules; register for, add, or drop classes; or get a list of available course sections by phone. In winter 1988, a study was conducted to assess student use of and reactions to the STAR system. Questionnaires…

In fall 1988, the Board of Trustees of the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) requested a study of the district's enrollment process to determine sources of increasing student enrollment, reasons for delays in the registration process at Mesa College, and practices regarding the redirection of students to other campuses. Study findings,…

This study examines the course shopping behaviors of approximately 5,000 community college students enrolled across the nine campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District in spring 2001. The sample students are representative of the district. For the purpose of this analysis, the authors define course shopping as: (1) cyclic shopping, the…

As a solution to the problem of serving large numbers of students with a small staff, the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) has adopted three new technologies to advise and register students and respond to telephone inquiries. The first of the technological innovations is TELUS, a telephone voice response registration system offered as an…

The document presents the third in a series of reports summarizing data on student progression from application to acceptance to registration in Hawaii's community colleges. The community colleges processed 9,640 new student applications and 3,976 transfer student applications, with transfer student figures showing an 11% decrease and female…

This document, part of a series of reports on student flow in Hawaii's seven community colleges, analyzes patterns in student applications, acceptances, and registrations for fall 1976. New student applications for admission numbered 9,642 and transfer applications numbered 4,465. The application-acceptance-registration patterns for fall 1976 for…

In spring 1992, a survey was conducted at Centralia College, in Washington State, asking students, faculty, and staff to assess the effectiveness of the college's student services. The survey was administered to 61 faculty and staff members and 346 students selected randomly from general education classes. Overall, responses and comments indicated…

This report provides a statistical summary (most of the volume) of the responses of the State University of New York (SUNY) constituent institutions to the biannual survey of non-credit instructional activities. The report is composed of three parts. Part I includes information on non-credit activities and registrations from a SUNY-wide…

A survey of the 494 entering students who received merit scholarships in Fall 1979 under Miami-Dade Community College's (M-DCC) Emphasis on Excellence Program was conducted to determine: (1) the students' sources of information concerning M-DCC and the scholarship program; (2) the financial status of the recipients; (3) the honors activities they…

This study was conducted in 1989 to analyze the registration processes used in Florida's public community colleges and universities, focusing on procedures, staffing, technologies used to facilitate registration, the relationship between student automated advisement systems and existing registration processes, and institutional procedures for…

This five-part report summarizes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an experimental advisement and registration process for new students at Glendale Community College. Part I examines the impetus for the new program in the college's desire to more effectively place students in need of developmental instruction and, then, outlines…

As part of a longitudinal study of student progress through the Hawaii community colleges, spring 1976 applications to the system were studied. The total number of applications received numbered 6,692 (3,924 new students, and 2,768 transfers), about half the number received for the fall semester (13,631). The colleges accepted 90 percent of the…

This report consists largely of statistical data that summarizes the responses of the State University of New York (SUNY) to the biannual survey of Non-Credit Instructional Activities for January 1, 1992, through June 30, 1992. The report consists of five parts. Part I includes information on non-credit activities and registrations from a…